Pokemon Emerald Announced

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More portable Pokemon.

By IGN Staff

There's more Pokemon coming to Game Boy Advance later this year. Nintendo Japan has announced Pokemon Emerald for the Game Boy Advance.

A role playing game similar to all the other main Pokemon titles, the story for Emerald takes place over land and sea and pits you against the Team Aqua and Team Magma from Saphire and Ruby. This time around, Pokemon will show off their moves prior to battle, perhaps as a sort of taunt.

Nintendo is also adding some new options to the game. A new Battle Frontier area has you play through seven big battles. The Battle Dome places you in a tournament in which only three Pokemon can participate. The Battle Tube has you select from three entrances and attempt to make your way to a goal.

Gamers in Japan will get a first chance to try out Pokemon Emerald at the upcoming Pokemon Festival, scheduled to kick off in early August. A Japanese release for the game is set for 9/16.

Fire Red and Leaf Green have yet to see stateside release, so don't expect to hear too much about Emerald on these shores for a while.